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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I wouldn't be too sure of Aiden not beating One Direction, most of my student friends who are female, are far more for Aiden than One Direction.

We know no voting figures,until one goes in the bottom 2 there would seem no cracks in their armour as yet.

The Judges praise Cher every week and she is still voted for.

I guess so, I may just be being paranoid, I'm good at that :|

Yeah, I think more younger females (tweens/early teens) are into One Direction and more females in their late teens/early twenties are into Aiden. Aiden may have a wider fan base in terms of age, but I think it's then cut in half because people either love him or hate him. When you think about it rationally, it makes sense that Aiden could rival One Direction, but I just don't think he is.

I think with Cher though, she's one of the favourites so it's fine for them to praise her, everyone just goes along with it. It's with the ones which are in more precarious positions, and not portrayed as favourites, that I think the judges comments have more influence.